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D-Index
57
Citations
11748
World Ranking
1988
National Ranking
66

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - IEEE Nikola Tesla Award “For contributions to bearingless and reluctance motors.”
  • 2007 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to bearingless AC motor drives

Overview

Akira Chiba is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with 174 publications in this main field. More specifically, their work spans several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Computational Mechanics.

The key topics in Chiba's research include Magnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics, Electric Motor Design and Analysis, Magnetic Properties and Applications, Tribology and Lubrication Engineering, Laser Material Processing Techniques, Sensorless Control of Electric Motors, and Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques.

The researcher has frequently published in the following venues:

  • IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications
  • 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)
  • Precision Engineering
  • 2022 25th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS)

Notable recent papers by Akira Chiba include:

  • Optimum Pole Number Combination of a Buried Permanent Magnet Bearingless Motor and Test Results at an Output of 60 kW With a Speed of 37000 r/min, 2020, IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications
  • Experimental Verification of Acoustic Noise and Radial Force Sum Variation in Switched Reluctance Motor, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • Vibration and Acoustic Noise Reduction in Switched Reluctance Motor by Selective Radial Force Harmonics Reduction, 2022, IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications
  • Analysis and Experimental Comparison of Acoustic Noise of Three Switched Reluctance Motors Made of Conventional Steel, High Silicon Steel, and Amorphous Iron, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • Improved Current Profile Selection for Noise Reduction of Switched Reluctance Motor at Middle Speed Considering Back EMF, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Yusuke Fujii
  • Hirofumi Hidai
  • Souta Matsusaka
  • Yifei Cai
  • Noboru Morita

Throughout their career, Chiba has received the IEEE Nikola Tesla Award in 2020 for contributions to bearingless and reluctance motors. They were also named IEEE Fellow in 2007 for contributions to bearingless AC motor drives.

Best Publications

  • Magnetic Bearings and Bearingless Drives

    Akira Chiba;Tadashi Fukao;Osamu Ichikawa;Masahide Oshima

  • An analysis of bearingless AC motors

    A. Chiba;T. Deido;T. Fukao;M.A. Rahman

  • Radial force and torque of a bearingless switched reluctance motor operating in a region of magnetic saturation

    M. Takemoto;A. Chiba;H. Akagi;T. Fukao

  • Design of Switched Reluctance Motor Competitive to 60-kW IPMSM in Third-Generation Hybrid Electric Vehicle

    K. Kiyota;A. Chiba

  • Torque Density and Efficiency Improvements of a Switched Reluctance Motor Without Rare-Earth Material for Hybrid Vehicles

    Akira Chiba;Yuichi Takano;Motoki Takeno;Takashi Imakawa

  • Improved analysis of a bearingless switched reluctance motor

    M. Takemoto;H. Suzuki;A. Chiba;T. Fukao

  • Super high speed electrical machines - summary

    M.A. Rahman;A. Chiba;T. Fukao

  • Test Results and Torque Improvement of the 50-kW Switched Reluctance Motor Designed for Hybrid Electric Vehicles

    M. Takeno;A. Chiba;N. Hoshi;S. Ogasawara

  • Development of a Rare-Earth-Free SR Motor With High Torque Density for Hybrid Vehicles

    Akira Chiba;Kyohei Kiyota;Nobukazu Hoshi;Masatsugu Takemoto

  • Electron microscopy studies of twin morphologies in B19′ martensite in the Ti-Ni shape memory alloy

    M. Nishida;H. Ohgi;I. Itai;A. Chiba

  • Acoustic Noise and Vibration Reduction of SRM by Elimination of Third Harmonic Component in Sum of Radial Forces

    Masaki Takiguchi;Hiroya Sugimoto;Noboru Kurihara;Akira Chiba

  • Design and analysis of permanent magnet-type bearingless motors

    M. Ooshima;A. Chiba;T. Fukao;M.A. Rahman

  • Proposal and Analysis of a Novel Single-Drive Bearingless Motor

    J. Asama;Y. Hamasaki;T. Oiwa;A. Chiba

  • A method of determining the advanced angle of square-wave currents in a bearingless switched reluctance motor

    M. Takemoto;A. Chiba;T. Fukao

  • Basic characteristics of a consequent-pole-type bearingless motor

    J. Amemiya;A. Chiba;D.G. Dorrell;T. Fukao

  • Radial force in a bearingless reluctance motor

    A. Chiba;M.A. Rahman;T. Fukao

  • Comparison of Test Result and Design Stage Prediction of Switched Reluctance Motor Competitive With 60-kW Rare-Earth PM Motor

    Kyohei Kiyota;Takeo Kakishima;Akira Chiba

  • Characteristics of a bearingless induction motor

    A. Chiba;D.T. Power;M.A. Rahman

  • An air-gap-flux-oriented vector controller for stable operation of bearingless induction motors

    T. Suzuki;A. Chiba;M. Azizur Rahman;T. Fukao

  • Cylindrical Rotor Design for Acoustic Noise and Windage Loss Reduction in Switched Reluctance Motor for HEV Applications

    Kyohei Kiyota;Takeo Kakishima;Akira Chiba;M. Azizur Rahman

  • An improved control method of buried-type IPM bearingless motors considering magnetic saturation and magnetic pull variation

    M. Ooshima;A. Chiba;A. Rahman;T. Fukao

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Dorrell
David G. Dorrell University of Turku
Mustafizur Rahman
Mustafizur Rahman Memorial University of Newfoundland
Hirofumi Akagi
Hirofumi Akagi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Wei Qiao
Wei Qiao University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Thomas M. Jahns
Thomas M. Jahns University of Wisconsin–Madison
Eduard Muljadi
Eduard Muljadi Auburn University
Stavros A. Papathanassiou
Stavros A. Papathanassiou National Technical University of Athens
Chunhua Liu
Chunhua Liu City University of Hong Kong
Yilmaz Sozer
Yilmaz Sozer University of Akron
Christopher H. T. Lee
Christopher H. T. Lee Nanyang Technological University

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